…2 Amy’s coupon winners!
….and a delicious new recipe!
…and awesome patients!
Firstly, the winners of the Amy’s coupons are…
Audrey of Just Audrey
and
JW
Congratulations to the winners! Please email me your mailing address so I can get those coupons out to you this weekend! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Last night, I tried a recipe that blogger Joanne of Eats Well with Others RAVED about!
Cheesy Zucchini, Red Pepper, and Barley Bake adapted from Joanne
Serves 6
2/3 cup barley
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 tsp garlic salt
2 medium zucchini
3 red bell peppers
1 red chili pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 egg
1 lb 15 ounces part-skim ricotta
1/4 1 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese
Cook the barley according to directions.
Preheat the oven to 350. Wash the zucchini and cut it into thick slices. Cut these in half. Wash the peppers, core them, and cut them into small dice. Mince Dice the chili pepper.
Mix the ricotta with the egg. Heat the olive oil over medium heat. Saute the zucchini and peppers (red and chili) until soft. Add garlic salt along the way. Add the basil, oregano, and black pepper.
Mix together the barley, zucchini/pepper mix, and ricotta/egg mix. Spread into an 9×13 pan. Sprinkle with the cheddar cheese. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the egg is set and cheese has melted. Let stand for 5 minutes. Cut and eat.
Nutrition Information (per serving): 255 calories; 13.3 g. fat; 73 mg. cholesterol; 387 mg. sodium; 22.5 g. carbohydrate; 4.2 g.fiber; 16.7 g. protein
This recipe was wonderful — we will definitely be making this again! A great vegetarian entree OR side dish. And the portion size is plentiful!
On a completely unrelated note, yesterday was one of my most rewarding days yet as a dietitian. Two patients who I’ve been working VERY closely with to lower their blood sugars both had MASSIVE drops in their HbA1C’s (average blood sugars over 4-6 weeks). It was so exciting to see them feel empowered with their diet and lifestyle changes! 😀
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Question: Any fun weekend plans? Anyone else lucky enough to be off on Monday for President’s Day?
Congrats on your patients’ successes! Having days like that makes being a RD totally worth it! You are so lucky you are off on Monday; I actually have to work through the weekend at the hospital and do not have a day off until Friday!
I love the idea of this barley bake. More fun than the traditional lasagna or ziti (though of course they have their place too!)
No fun weekend plans, but I’m ready to relax!
MMMmmm barley bake! That sounds really cool. I’m trying to get into using different grains, so this should be good.
That’s very exciting about your patients. I hope that one day I go into a career that’s so rewarding. It makes life feel so great!
Wow – that is HUGE and so exciting! Congratulations….it must be such an amazing feeling to know you are having a positive effect on the health of others.
Tonight I’m going to see “Valentine’s Day” with a bunch of girlfriends. So cheesy, but I love cheesy! I wish I was off work on Monday. 😉
Congrats on your patients! Very inspiring.
Congrats to the winners! The zucchini & barley bake looks so yummy!
Sounds delicious! I love zucchini!! Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Have a Happy Valentine’s Day on Sunday!
Jen 🙂
congraz to all the winners…vegetable bake looks very delicious and a nice recipe too
Its always so rewarding to see the success of your patients!
Have a great weekend Nicole!
Hard work and passion pays off!! So happy for you and your patients!! 🙂 That barley bake looks great!! 🙂
Have a lovely weekend!! 🙂
The zucchini dish looks tempting. I’ve saved it to my bookmarks.
congrats to the winners!
those burgers look GREAT!
OOO…That does look good.
Congrats to the winners. Very Jealous 🙂
That’s so great that your patients have found success! I’m sure that’s exactly why you got into the profession!
It’s “Family Day” up here on Monday. 3rd year for it. MY plans are poker,poker,poker and maybe poker. Tonight, tomorrow night and Monday afternoon for sure 🙂
Congrats to the winners!!!!!
I know having patients respond like that must be so rewarding! Congratulations on being such a wonderful, encouraging resource for them.
how exciting about your patients, it must feel so good to know that you’ve made a HUGE difference in their lives!
I love trying out new vegetarian recipes… That one sounds mighty yummy! That’s so exciting about your two clients. I’m sure that kind of stuff makes your job even more worth it when you can see those kind of results. I’m on the way up to Seattle to spend time with family and go snow shoeing tomorrow… Can’t wait!
That dish sounds amazing! Well, for my lunches, no one else in my family would touch that with a 10-foot pole!
I am lucky to have Monday off – just because I am taking the day off! My daughter is off of school and only has to work until 11:00 – so its sushi lunch and thrift stores for us on Monday – can’t wait!
This meal looks fantastic. And, the barley is wheat free, yeah! I haven’t tried cooking with barley yet, and I’m not sure why. I’m really into quinoa right now so I figure nothing is better. I have to branch out, and I will of course.
I think my boss is giving me Monday off, but I’ not 100% sure I will actually take it off. I’m sort of behind, so maybe I’ll take a half day. I love to work, is that nerdy?? haha, maybe I’ll just watch the Olympics for half the day!
Have a great weekend Nicole, and of course have a fantastic Valentine’s day.
OMG Cheesy Zucchini, Red Pepper, and Barley Bake sounds amazing!!! I can’t wait to make it!
Congrats to winners!
I’m doing a happy dance for your patients! You must be so happy. I can’t even imagine.
Thanks for the shout out! I’m so glad you guys liked it…it always makes me sort-of anxious when other people try my recipes.
Happy weekend chica! Hope you have a love-filled one 😛
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You’re funny! Don’t be anxious! It was delicious, promise! I will definitely be making it again and it re-warms so well in the oven!
Happy V-day, Joanne 🙂
Looks like such a unique dish–I never thought of using barley in a casserole–thanks for sharing! It sounds like your job just keeps getting more and more rewarding–that’s super!
Congrats on the awesome RDness!!!! LOVE when your patients see results! SOOO fulfilling! Happy Valentines 🙂
Hey girl I emailed you yesterday. Hope you got it!
Sadly I am not off for President’s day.
Love that recipe – do you have any suggestions for veggies other than zucchini – my husband HATES zucchini (for some odd reason)…
We would love if you submitted this barley bake to the side dish week of the Get Grillin’ event I am hosting now 🙂